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A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

RE: My Trip Photos

Critter · Old Reg

Very pretty. My favourite is the white bellied sea eagle. Its found in Australia and some places of Asia as well.
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=white+bellied+sea+eagle&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Very attractive bird.

Here are a couple I'm partial to: the Andean Vulture, Peregrine Falcon, and the Great Horned Owl.

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

Wow, I love owls, so pretty! I've always wanted an owl ever since harry potter.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

I've never read or seen Harry Potter and I've always wanted an owl.

Starlene · Veteran Member

I'm scrolling the page down waiting the pictures to load and suddenly that owl appears out of nowhere... Creepy! :D Actually, it's a pretty animal, just look at those lovely eyes!

-- Edited by Starlene on Thursday 11th of June 2009 06:03:18 AM

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

I was at a zoo in southern California, and they had a special bird show. They opened a container and a huge owl just like that one flew low over the crowd to the very back and landed. My mom was scared and ducked down as it flew over. I wasn't and just sat there admiring its huge orange eyes. Gorgeous bird.

Critter · Old Reg

Whoa hold up a minute. Youve never read Harry Potter??? Explain!

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Just never appealed to me.

I have read "War and Peace." Loved Tolstoy so much I read "Anna Karenina" too.

Critter · Old Reg

Harry Potter is my favourite. Just try reading them, if you dotn like them then you can stop.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

I might get around to it sometime, but my reading habits are unusual. I just pick up a book at whim.

I really love P.G. Wodehouse.

Critter · Old Reg

Never heard of. Im still yet to read son of a witch and lion amoung men, even though I own both. Been so busy with school. Hopefully these hols I will.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

You don't know Wodehouse?

Surely you know Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves?

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

I do but I think that comes more from the fact that i'm british, i've only seen the tv show though.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Fry and Laurie are magnificent.

I suggest you give the books a good read, they are very easy to follow and very fun.

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

Yes, perhaps I will.
I'll have a fair amount of down time this summer.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

I love summer vacation. I suppose you'd refer to it as "holiday"?

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

indeed i do aww

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

I wonder how that difference occurred. Its very interesting that the US came from Britain, and yet is so different.

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

Yeah linguistically there's a lot of little differences. Canada's pretty similar to the US I think, the lingo there seems to be pretty similar. And three years in Canada has made me start talking more like you lot.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

Have you picked up the stereotypical "eh" that rarely comes out?

Mariphaba · Madame Maribel

Funny you should mention it! I didn't really think I had but since I've gone back to London my cousins have pointed out me saying it a couple of times now. Guess I'm more of a Canuck then I thought...

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

lol.

I love Canadians. Very fun people.

Critter · Old Reg

The US have a lot of words that they have changed for themselves. Words that countries like Australia, England and a lot of other english speaking countries spell the same way except for you. Like 'colour'. I believe you spell it 'color' instead. Its odd, we dont know why you change small things in a few words like that but theres a lot more like them. I tell you what though it's funny listening to my media teacher rant about how Americans cant spell. He once got in trouble from an American parent about it haha.

A Wonderful Obsession · Old Reg

lol

Color, gray, endeavor, etc.

We also overuse the comma.